Month: April 1999

OSAID, students to promote safe, sober driving. Siobhan Byrne reports.

From car wrecks and “mock-tails” to casino nights and testimonials, a group of students at Lisgar Collegiate Institute want to send a message to their classmates — don’t drive drunk.

Four months ago, Grade 11 student Lisa Jog organized a chapter of Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving (OSAID) at Lisgar Collegiate. read more

Trustees still finding their feet after recent amalgamation of boards. Andree Lau reports.

The debate over Catholic school closures has revealed some frustration by both parents and trustees, who are still getting used to a smaller board of trustees representing larger zones and more issues.

One parent says she believes the imbalance of seven trustees from Carleton and only three from Ottawa on the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board means city issues are being ignored. read more

By Gina Harris

With construction causing traffic snarls on Elgin Street, major repairs to the watermain on Gloucester Street come at a bad time.

But the region will limit the disruption to traffic and businesses by finding a new use for some old technology. read more

By Rita Trichur

The Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board’s decision to close St. Patrick’s Adult Day School is a bad idea in any language, says the school’s English-as-a-Second-Language students and teachers.

And the students say without English-language skills, many of them will be forced on to Ontario’s welfare rolls. read more